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The Tarapada and Nirmala Basu Scholarship for the Use of AI to Benefit Developing Countries

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Any
Disciplines
10000 GBP
Grant
United Kingdom
Location
27 Mar 2027
Application deadline

About

Imperial College London can support you financially if you are admitted to one of its study programmes as an international student. Imperial College London awards scholarships, bursaries, tuition fee reductions and discounts that help you cover existing tuition and living costs.

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit and need based

Number of scholarships to award

One

Grant

£10,000

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

Established in 2024 by Imperial alumnus Professor Amiya Basu (PhD Civil Engineering, Class of 1964), The Tarapada and Nirmala Basu Scholarship was named in honour of his parents and seeks to support a student with an interest in harnessing the potential of Artificial Intelligence to benefit developing countries.

Benefits

This scholarship is awarding a £10,000 cash bursary to one successful applicant.

Eligibility

This scholarship is available for Home and Overseas students who have an offer to study one of the following programmes within the Department of Computing, beginning in autumn:

  • MSc Artificial Intelligence;
  • MRes Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning;
  • MSc Computing
  • MSc Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)

Applicants shall be ranked on the following basis:

  • Academic merit (using your College application)
  • Familiarity with AI and how it may be used to benefit developing countries
  • Financial need

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

United Kingdom

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

Bachelor

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

27 Mar 2027

Apply for one of the eligible master's degree courses within the Department of Computing at Imperial College London.

Complete the scholarship application form.

Applicants are required to complete the scholarship application form. Applicants will be assessed on academic merit or potential through the standard admission process.

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